Racialization and discourses of "privileges" in the Middle Ages

Jews, "Gypsies", and Kawaramono

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ID2148335
AuthorsYasuko Takezawa (0000-0003-3900-8168, Institute for Research in the Humanities, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume43
Issue16
Pages193-210
Publication date2020-12-10
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01419870.2020.1745255
OpenAlexW3016834587
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited20

The dominant contention in the sociology of racialization asserts race as a modern Western construction. However, we lack studies that juxtapose the experiences in the Trans-Atlantic with the Trans-Pacific. This article, by examining the social conditions experienced by Jews in Spain, the "Gypsies" in Romania, and the Kawaramono in Japan in the Middle Ages, claims that the racialization had already begun before European colonization. It points out a variety of parallel patterns of marginalization and racialization, including but not limited to, "monopolization" of economic activities, an ambiguous relationship with the ruling class, and the discourses of "privileges." My examination can contribute to understanding global trends of racism and the backlash against minoritized groups associated with the mythical discourses of "privileges" facing us all in the twenty-first century

Ethnology · Race (biology · Racialization · Racism · Sociology · Gender Studies · Philippine History and Culture · Romani and Gypsy Studies

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